The COST Action HISTRATE is organizing its 2nd conference under the theme of ‘Advanced Composites under High Strain Rates Loading: a Route to Certification-by-Analysis’. It is with great pleasure that we invite you to submit your paper to this HISTRATE Conference 2025, which will be organized as a registration-fee free event.
Date: 4th-5th June 2025
Location: University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian, Spain
Preliminary Conference Programme (PDF)
Registration
If you wish to attend the conference please register using our Registration Form.
Participation to the Conference will be free of charge. Meals (lunch and dinner) will be provided on a self-paying basis.
Logistics information sheet (PDF)
Contact
If you have any questions, please contact the conference chairs: Elena Stoykova (elena.stoykova@gmail.com) and Radmila Tomovska (radmila.tomovska@ehu.eus).
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Conference Topics:
- Novel composite materials for high strain rate applications
- Novel simulation methods and best practices for composites under high strain rates
- Multi-modal sensing for impact detection and damage characterization
- Advanced testing and instrumentation for composites under high strain rates
- New standards for composites certification with industrial applications under high strain rates
Paper Submission Guidelines:
- Submission for the HISTRATE Conference 2025 will open on 20th January 2025;
- Papers should be a maximum of 2 pages;
- A template for the paper is available here;
- Papers must be submitted through the HISTRATE website (submission closed)
- Papers must be written in English;
- With the paper submission, you must indicate your preferred conference topic (listed above) and your presentation preference as:
- Oral-only,
- Oral or poster,
- Poster only;
- Papers will be selected after review by members of the HISTRATE conference scientific committee;
- Notification of acceptance will be sent in April 2025;
- A limited number of presenters of selected papers can receive reimbursement of travel and subsistence costs according to the COST Rules for Reimbursement.
Deadline for submissions of papers extended until 20th March 2025, 23:59 CET;
